Warlord Games, Black Powder Epic battles, how to construct a force, and more Kallistra Comparison.

[@restitutororbis666]

I’m just getting back into miniature war gaming after a break of 20 years or so (warhammer 40k) Decided to get into historical, bought a bunch of books and settled on ACW almost to the day the warlord preorder for the Big Set was announced. These videos are fantastic, I’m a total beginner and you’ve already answered questions I had about these little guys and unit sizes. Keep up the great work.

[@Nigel1Powers]

heard alot of stories like this. Coming back after 20 years. I also got back after 20 years. Crazy :D But to LOTR

[@monumentstosuffering2995]

Excellent close order figures at last. Must start mine. Nice video and painting.

[@chriszack4777]

I am getting into historical wargaming for the first time through the Warlord ACW Epic Battles series, so your videos will be a huge help for me. Thank you for making them, it's exactly what I need to learn.

[@Unclecthulu]

How are you getting on Chris?

[@chriszack4777]

@@Unclecthulu well, I haven't been able to play yet, I'm still painting up my armies. Your videos are certainly helpful though, so thank you!

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[@landryizaiah2788]

@Rene Kohen Instablaster ;)

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[@andrewwilson4975]

Very nicely done Unclecthulu and excellent job on the miniatures. Leon T66 has done the same as you per the Kalistra minis. Antietam is a great scenario...so is Shiloh which is my favorite. Cheers mate!!

[@leont66wargaming31]

Good video mate, I've bought some Kallistra minis now to mix in with my Warlord plastics after watching your other video on this. Look forward to following your vids on this subject.

[@danharris8805]

Really enjoying these videos mate! I already have a Union & Confederate 15/18mm army so wont be getting involved but still enjoying watching your progress! Great stuff! Happy wargamming bud!

[@Unclecthulu]

I was in 2 minds myself, I have 2 10mm armies, well Pendraken Confederate, and Kallistra Union, but I am loving the look of the massed effects of the models. What rules do you normally use?

[@danharris8805]

@@Unclecthulu can't deny that the massed effect looks awesome! It's almost enough to push me into it Haha! I usually use fire & fury for acw, it's quite a nice rule set...have used bp aswell but we used cm instead of inches. Have warlord released any pictures of how the cavalry will look?

[@Unclecthulu]

@@danharris8805 no pictures of mounted cavalry yet. I played regimental F+F back in the 90s, with my original 15mm, as well as Johnny Reb. I have Brigade F+F now, not played it yet.

[@MrGunnar177]

Thanks for taking the time to explain the breakdown, had my head spinning trying to figure it out!

[@jasonfryer4566]

I’m really enjoying your series of vids on the Warlord “epic scale”. Your suggestion of using three stands for a regiment is perfect for me and my 5x3 table. I’ve built up three regiments so far, and ordered the starter set from WLG. Great suggestions, advice, and paint jobs. Very inspiring. Thanks for posting and keep em coming.👍

[@gkspain1]

These troops in mass blocks look great, all the best Garry

[@Unclecthulu]

They really do, really inspiring

[@dmwiggy7661]

Thanks for the video! I’m excited to get my starter set. This will be my first ACW game

[@erics745]

Great job you've done once again. Congrats. Am an absolute beginner on Black powder and this helps a lot

[@Unclecthulu]

That's good to hear, I was thinking of people like you when.i started the.videos.

[@kartchner7]

Have really enjoyed your thoughts and ideas. Thank you for sharing! It’s been enlightening for how to make this work!

[@dtmjax5612]

Good video thank you for posting. I’m looking forward to receiving my Epic Battles set which hopefully is shipping now or very soon. Great work on the painting and finishing. I don’t think I’d be concerned so much with a cannon wheel being a mm higher than another thought, nothing was perfect in the field. Antietam is also probably my favorite battle as well, I’ve had the pleasure of visiting the actual battlefield several times, it’s surreal and has not changed much since 1862. Anyway...thanks for posting. Good stuff. 👍

[@Unclecthulu]

Hopefully the boxes drop soon! America does seem pretty good with looking after their battlefields. I was at Culloden a couple of years ago, and that is good, but always struggling with planning permissions, and local building works.

[@normanwood1994]

Impressive paint job on those figs.

[@Unclecthulu]

Cheers, mainly letting Contrast and Agrax earthshade do hard work.

[@jonathanowen9917]

Really helpful introduction to Black Powder: Glory Hallelujah! These Civil War soldiers are great. The numbers of troops on a stand make them look good regardless of whether they are in line or in column. Even the skirmishers look good.

[@ctpopham]

Thank you for the great videos. Can’t wait to get my set soon. Also thanks for the info regarding kallista minis.

[@ten4miniatures]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the scale, the game system and the rest. Some good things to consider!

[@Unclecthulu]

No problem, I love talking wargames, lockdown has me lacking as many opportunities as I would like!!!

[@welshwargamer2066]

Great video, I’m going to use 2-3 bases per regiment as well! Also I’ve been picking up some kalistra stuff up as well

[@philRminiatures]

Beautiful and impressive units, great job on them!

[@willcorlett7630]

My compliments on the paint jobs and thanks for the ideas on how to incorporate the kallistra miniatures. Interesting you talk about Antietam, probably talking about something you may already have, but I have found the range of books by Brad Butkovich published by Historic Imagination, to be one of the best collections of resources for the ACW gamer. In essence these books are a set of scenarios for Antietam, Chickamauga etc, based on carefully researched and drawn maps, with a full OOB for that battle and of course each scenario. Most can be played on the usual 6x4 board and provide a massive amount of material ready made for the gamer.

[@Unclecthulu]

I hadn't but I will look them down.

[@zedeyejoe]

Yes the infantry bases are 60x20mm. I am adding extra command figures and skirmishers. Skirmishing was a big part of ACW battles and Warlord make it hard to get skirmishing figures. Kallistra will be my go-to.

[@brentstanton1328]

@unclecthulu I like your idea of 3-stand regiments, so i'm looking to pick up some more bases for extra command stands. I've seen that the bases are 60mm wide, but not how deep they are. Do you know?

[@Unclecthulu]

20mm, I picked up extras from warbases. I also picked up some 30x20mm bases, to make half stands so I could use other rules. Video coming this weekend.

[@brentstanton1328]

Thank you for your answer!

[@ianscharaga6639]

Great Video thanks Uncle. just getting started with Warlord epic ACW.

[@sharkaithegreat]

Kallistra looks like the way to go for cavalry and the like, unless Warlord sort their pricing out!

[@justinskol597]

Great video! Can you put your acw videos into a play list?

[@Unclecthulu]

Good call. Will look at that soon.

[@Unclecthulu]

That should be done now. I took the opportunity to sort out the rest of the videos as well.

[@JPKelly-xr7tr]

Excellent Content - Great Ideas!

[@simoncampbell6977]

Looking at the rule book points do not take into account unit sizes Tiny infantry stand is 1 stand, small is 3, reg is 5, large is 7 I'd suggest using the points cost as per stand from the glory hallelujah book, with the plus minus to each stand, and 4x the points of your basic game, so 1000 point game now becomes 4000 points, gets similar amount of units and can more accurately represent different unit sizes

[@leonleese4919]

Those cadets seem to have a lot of whiskers for youngsters

[@superhitochan]

Great video sir! You’ve convinced me to buy the starter box plus two zouave / mounted and dismounted / skirmishers boxes. Do you think that these miniatures could be used with the Sharp practice rules??? Especially with the skirmishers I think it could work. What say you dear sir?

[@Unclecthulu]

Yep, any rules could work, I always struggle to get into too fat Lardies rules. I feel they are better to be shown than read.

[@superhitochan]

@@Unclecthulu OMG! You actually replied. Thank you so much. And you are sooo right. I thought it was just me. The lard rules are confusing as hell. I will give black powder a jolly good try. I hope that if I get stuck. And I know I will. I can ask you for some help. The boxes will arrive tomorrow evening. I’m so excited.

[@norm977]

Thanks, enjoying this series. Does the gap between the individual bases bother you when they are in line? I am just painting up my second infantry unit.

[@Unclecthulu]

No, i am pretty cool with the gaps. Other armies I have done have them. I also think there would be slight gaps between companies as well. Are you doing 3 or 5 bases for a regular unit???

[@norm977]

@@Unclecthulu I am on a standard table, so if doing regiments would have 3 bases standard (180 mm), which is actually a bit longer than one of my 28mm regiments (150mm)! What I am thinking though is to go for larger battles, represent forces by the brigade and so each individual Epic 60mm base would be a regiment, that is pretty much how use my own Kallistra armies (1 regiment on 2 x 40mm bases), with the regiments grouped into brigades, so having the 5 bases together as a brigade (rather than a regiment) would not be uncommon.

[@Unclecthulu]

@@norm977 I plan to do Antietam battle, and I was thinking the same, each stand a regiment in a Brigade, then each unit is a Brigade.

[@Unclecthulu]

@@norm977 oh and yes, I did notice that with the width of the units as well.

[@a.e.130]

If somehow possible I will use four 30mm bases with 10 soldiers on each for a standart seized regiment. That would be 40 soldiers forming a firing line of 1200 mm being also able to form a proper march column of 8 ranks. Combining then some sets of Kalistra command units as shown in this video with the epic battles starter pack would provide 30 infantry regiments on the table, having a good unit seize to play large battles on a 6x4 table.

[@Unclecthulu]

I thought of 4 bases, but I do love the colours being in the middle!

[@a.e.130]

@@Unclecthulu Now with the 3. Wave of preorders and the extra command stripes coming I think I will go for 3 bases as a standart regiment ( 1 for tiny, 2 for small and 4 for large) and make in this regard 2 tiny units out of one Skirmisher box. Probably I am going also to half all distances then for my 6x4 table.

[@Unclecthulu]

@@a.e.130 extra command bases is a pretty good move. Looking forward to getting my Zouves in!

[@leonleese4919]

The Kalistra base looks more ragged, much like a unit in a fire fight .

[@Unclecthulu]

That's what I was thinking. It's good to.have variety in the.ACW. Though I am.all about the Napoleonics at the moment.

[@sotaropasee]

You made me buy the starter I told my wife that you’re to blame sir!!!

[@restitutororbis666]

..... also, do you have any suggestions as to what kallistra minis should be ordered to “fill out” the basic armies

[@Unclecthulu]

Warlord will do a lot of stuff you will need. Skirmishers, cavalry, limbers, Zouves etc. I am going to keep to Warlord as much as possible(at least with the Confederates, I am rebasing my union as we speak) I will be using Kallistra for 'spice', as someone in a forum labelled it With doing 3 base regiments, extra command is a must. The command also come with mounted command, and these can also be used as other pose brigadiers. Casulties can be used as well to create stamina markers. Mount on a penny, and you can lay a dice with it. Extra Artillery with give you poses and break up the same looking gun models from Warlord. I am also doing 1/2 bases so I can use other rules (video coming), and will pick up some general line figures. So I do think Warlord has most bases covered, from what I have heard, just need to see them.

[@restitutororbis666]

Penny mounting, another excellent tip. Caesar commands you to get cracking on another video.

[@kamikaziu]

Do you plan to use regular black powder ranges for movement and shooting or scale them considering that 3 bases have smaller front than those recommened in BP rulebook?

[@Unclecthulu]

Yes I will, well use cms or half ranges. As long as units ate consistent. BP makes no bones that it is a game and not a simulation.

[@warpaint9385]

I bought the magazine with the free sprue just to check these out but honestly I can’t decide if I’m interested or not. It’s a tuff decision as I have 10mm ACW mostly unpainted lying around and wondering should I invest in these or just stick with my 10mm Pendraken.

[@Unclecthulu]

It was for me as well, having Pendraken confed and Kallistra Union. In opposing armies it was never an issue with size differences, but I always knew. So I have spent this weekend rebasing the Kallistra, and will use Warlord for mainly Confederate.

[@Unclecthulu]

Still it's always nice to try some stuff with the Wargames Illustrated freebies as well.

[@leonleese4919]

How big would you expect a force to be on a 6’ x 4’ table to play in 2 to 3 hours?

[@Unclecthulu]

I would start off with 12 units aside. Confed 3 brigades of 4 and 3.batteries. Union 4 brigades of 3 with 4 batteries. Giving the union a.slight lead in guns. Make sure Confederate.units have rebel yell. Then.take.it from there. When you know what your doing BP gallops along.at.pace.

[@leonleese4919]

More than l’d hoped, as I’m a slow painter, not good, just slow

[@erics745]

I trimmed the hats for my Union minis

[@erics745]

To kepi !

[@juanmaxramos7628]

👍🇦🇷👍

[@coloneljoshuachamberlain3788]

Am I in it?

[@martinradcliffe4798]

Got to stop watching your videos or I'm gonna be sucked into this scale!

[@max.t957]

Just buy the CSA or the USA brigades I got a union brigade for 20$ Dollars or 14.49£ so you can play about with it and decide if you want to play, if you do than buy the starter set.